Improvement in cultivators



A. C. SMITH.

Uultivators.

N0, 145,691l Patented Dec. 16,1873'v UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

-ARTHUR C. SMITH, OF FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTWATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,691, dated December16, 1873 application fil-ed September 15, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ARTHUR G. SMITH, of Fayetteville, in the county ofCumberland and in the State of North Carolina, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Gultivators; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

'My invention relates to the combining or connecting two or more plowsinto one implement by certain braces or couplings', as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and n three plows to be connected together as oneimplement for any purpose that may be desired; but I do not confinemyself to this nu1n ber, as two plows only may be connected together, ormore than three, if so-desired, the connections being precisely the samebetween any two adjoining plow-beams. Then three plows are united, asshown in the drawing, bot-h handles B B are left on the middle plow, butonly one on each of the side plows. The four handles B B are connectedby a crossba-r, E, and the front ends of the beams A A by a cross-bar,H, to which latter the team is to be attached. Two adjoining plows areoonnected in the following manner: D D represent two braces, which passdiagonally from at or near the front ends of the beams A A back to theupper parts of the opposite han dles B B, and connected with said beamsand handles either directly or by staples, links, or other suitabledevices, as desired. G G represent two braces, which pass diagonallyfrom at or near the rear ends ofthe beams A A, or from the plow-handlesnear the rear ends of the plow-beams, upward to the upper parts of theopposite handles. Theplow-beams A A are connected, near their ends, withhinged or linked rods a a, to keep the plows at a proper distance apart.The beams are further connected by braces J J, which pass diagonallyfrom the front ends of the beams to the rear ends of the opposite beams,and connect with the rods a a. All the braces D D, G G, and J J are madein two or more parts, and provided with shackles b b to make them longeror shorter, as occasion may require.

By this'means of connecting two or more plows into one implement theyare held in the desired position, and the plows can readily be detachedfrom each other when it is desired to use either singly. In some casesit may, perhaps, not be necessary to use all the three sets of braces,and I do not, therefore, confine myself exclusively to such combination.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an implement consisting of two or more plows, the combination ofthe diagonal braces D D, connecting the front parts of the beams withthe upper parts of opposite handles, and the diagonal braces G G,connecting the upper and lower parts of opposite handles, substantiallyas herein set forth.

2. In an implement consisting of two or more plows, the combination ofthe diagonal braces D D, connecting the front parts of the beams withthe upper part-s of opposite handles, and the diagonal braces J J,connecting the front and rear ends of opposite plow-beams, substantiallyas herein set forth.

3. In an implement consisting of two or more plows, the combination ofthe diagonal braces D D, connecting the front parts of the beams withthe upper parts of opposite handles, the diagonal braces G G, connectingthe upper and lower parts of opposite handles, and the diagonal braces JJ, connecting the front and rear ends of opposite beams, allsubstantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this27th day of August, 1873.

ARTHUR GSMITH. IVit-nesses:

It. W.HARD1E, S. A. BALDWIN.

